I've recently installed pcsx2 on my (hp-)computer, and, after some fiddling, was able to start up a game. I chose Silent Hill 2, and ps4 controller in hand I dove in.
It ran without problems for a while, clunky controls excluded ;), but when I started a new game and got to the cutscene, I immediately noticed something was wrong: It was all distorted, with colored lines running through. I figured it was part of the creepy atmosphere, and payed it no mind, but when I got to the second cutscene, I couldn't keep ignoring it: My whole screen got covered with grey bars and I couldn't see a thing. I tried running the game on software mode, but this slows the actual game-game down to the point where it becomes unplayable, though the cutscene looked great.

I heard you're supposed to use f9 to toggle the two emulation modes, but my computer doesn't seem to recognize that key as more than a way to toggle volume.
I tried the game fix that's supposed to toggle HW and SW emulation automatically, but this just results in the whole emulation crashing when I enter cutscenes.

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As for specs, you can just post the emulog which contains most of them (PCSX2/logs/emulog.txt or Mydocuments/PCSX2/logs/emulog.txt)

I'm guessing you're on a laptop? Try looking for a key marked "fn" or "Fn" or "Function" (it should be nearby alt, or CTRL or similar), then pressing that before you press F9. If that doesn't work try holding it then pressing F9.

(06-29-2015, 10:23 PM)Blyss Sarania Wrote: As for specs, you can just post the emulog which contains most of them (PCSX2/logs/emulog.txt or Mydocuments/PCSX2/logs/emulog.txt)

I'm guessing you're on a laptop? Try looking for a key marked "fn" or "Fn" or "Function" (it should be nearby alt, or CTRL or similar), then pressing that before you press F9. If that doesn't work try holding it then pressing F9.

First things first: fastest reply on any forum ever! I just posted this like 10 minutes ago...
secondly: I tried your solution. It doesn't seem to help. Still: thanks.

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Your laptop's processor has about an 1100 Single Thread Rating and we usually recommend something with a minimum of 1400. Some games can require that score to be around 2000 or higher in order to get full speed. So, I'm sorry, but until you can upgrade to a new computer, it's best to stick to your PS2.

Graphical artifacts can sometimes be removed by the skipdraw option in gsdx settings using gsdx hardware mode. Just try nbers from 1 to 10 and see if it removes the broken graphics.

If software mode is really needed you probably are completely out of luck as already said by nobbs. You can only consider to slightly increase extra rendering threads in gsdx software settings and/or use the ee cycle rate hack